*In ESPN's Winter Meetings preview, David Schoenfield predicts that the Astros will land both Aroldis Chapman and Chris Davis, which would then allow the Astros to "trade prospect A.J. Reed for a young, controllable starting pitcher." /apoplexy

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Wallee Wright
said...

Drellich overlooks the size of the revenue sharing bundle that was given the Arizona Diamondbacks this year - $80 million! Add that number to the $70-$80 million from the new Diamondback TV contract and Evan's comparison of the Astros and DBacks starts looking more like a pile of that steamy, stinky stuff.

Market size be damned. It's foolish to spend $206 million on any player. With a slight bias, I'd consider giving that Correa. Maybe. But NOT A pitcher. The bill is coming; the young kids we all love will be expensive and they'll be expensive real soon..

Looks like the Chapman trade is on hold because of a gun incident that happened in October. The Red Sox were in the mix earlier until a background check brought that info up. The Reds President of baseball operations stated “We’ve talked to several clubs. I notified all of them tonight that we’d step back a couple of weeks or whatever it takes.”

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